Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 68-0178607)

Brenda Poteete’s $178K as Executive Dir. is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024
Brenda Poteete	$178,314	$166,092
Cindy Hogg	$149,622	$140,474
Bethany Edholm	$105,538	—
Jennifer McCulley	$102,426	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers support services for young children and families through Head Start and state preschool programs.

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3 programs · $5.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Head Start and Early Head Start

to provide ongoing and improved support services through Head Start/Early Head Start Program model to under-privileged children and their families for the citizens of Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, and Sierra Counties.

$3.5Mprogram expense

02

State Preschool

to provide state preschool services to eligible children of Plumas, Lassen, and Modoc Counties.

$1.5Mprogram expense

03

Child Care Food Program

to provide food services to eligible children enrolled in the Preschool/Head Start Preschool centers.

$142Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2023

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$113

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$113

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$6.8M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M

Other incomeLn 4–11$6K

Investment incomeLn 3$343

Money outPt IX

$5.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$5.2M

Managementcol C$424K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.8M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M

Total assetsLn 16$2.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$828K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A4

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$6.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$343

Other incomeLn 4–11$6K

Gains on assetsLn 7$0

Total revenueLn 12$6.8M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.0M

SavingsLn 2$0

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$0

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$274K

Other assetsLn 15$325K

Total assetsLn 16$2.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$828K

Net assetsLn 32$1.8M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 572

VolunteersI 6150

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$631K	$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13		$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$347K	$274K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.3M	$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$711K	$828K
Net assetsLn 32	$597K	$1.8M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4	$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$338K	$338K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6	$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$3.2M	$3.0M	$241K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$126K	$126K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$399K	$399K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$350K	$293K	$58K
Management feesLn 11a	$0
Legal feesLn 11b	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$0
Investment management feesLn 11f	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$31K	$31K	$30
Information technologyLn 14	$0
RoyaltiesLn 15	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$155K	$145K	$10K
TravelLn 17	$85K	$80K	$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18	$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$0
InterestLn 20	$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21	$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$74K	$74K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$713K	$676K	$37K
All other expensesLn 24e	$116K	$43K	$73K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$5.6M	$5.2M	$424K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$6.8M	$5.6M	$1.2M	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$5.5M	$5.3M	$183K	$597K	990 PDF
FY2023	$6.0M	$6.2M	−$222K	$478K	990 PDF
FY2022	$5.5M	$5.4M	$37K	$700K	990 PDF
FY2021	$5.5M	$5.5M	−$2K	$663K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $6,813,351 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,465,079$6,807,047

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $294$343

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,307$5,961

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,487,680$6,813,351

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,203,953$4,435,078

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,100,786$1,174,339

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,304,739$5,609,417

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $182,941$1,203,934

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,813,351 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$6,807,047

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,807,047

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $343$343

VIII-5 Royalties$0

VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,961$5,961

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,304$6,813,351

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,609,417 across 31 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0

IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0

IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $337,742$337,742

IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,981,064 · Management $241,007$3,222,071

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $125,952$125,952

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $399,000$399,000

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $292,633 · Management $57,680$350,313

IX-11a Management fees$0

IX-11b Legal fees$0

IX-11c Accounting fees$0

IX-11d Lobbying fees$0

IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0

IX-11f Investment management fees$0

IX-11g Other fees for services$0

IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $30,952 · Management $30$30,982

IX-14 Information technology$0

IX-15 Royalties$0

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $144,677 · Management $10,443$155,120

IX-17 TravelPrograms $80,077 · Management $4,817$84,894

IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0

IX-20 Interest$0

IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $74,187$74,187

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $676,125 · Management $37,025$713,150

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $43,415 · Management $72,591$116,006

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,185,824 · Management $423,593 · Fundraising $0$5,609,417

Part X · Balance sheet $2,629,750 assets, 20 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $630,660$1,997,970

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $584$30,941

X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,186$1,186

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $346,854$274,263

X-11 Publicly traded securities$0

X-12 Other securities$0

X-13 Program-related investments$0

X-14 Intangible assets$0

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $328,721$325,390

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,308,005$2,629,750

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $108,480$159,078

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,186$1,186

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $600,992$667,854

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $710,658$828,118

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $597,347$1,801,632

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $597,347$1,801,632

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,308,005$2,629,750

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,801,632 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$6,813,351

XI-2 Total expenses$5,609,417

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,203,934

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$597,347

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$351

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,801,632

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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